The developers over at Fring are awesome! They’ve added MSN support to the already uber-awesome Fring voip application. There’s no need to update the app. Just start your app and let it connect. You will now see the MSN logo along with Skype and Fring.
Thank you Fring! That just made my day!

Screenshot:

VIA: Darla Mack

UPDATE: I have a few major annoyances:

1. Whilst chatting, if I’m typing something and I get an IM, then the current word that I’m typing is automatically deleted
2. Please change the icons for the various apps! I have a lot of contacts that are redundant on GTalk, Skype and MSN. I don’t know if I’m calling someone on GTalk or Skype or MSN!

www.fring.com

Finally, the developers over at fring have been able to design a working application which lets me make skype calls from my symbian phone using a data connection!

You have to fill out your phone number and a few details when u try to download it. The link for the application is sent to you via sms.

Once you install the app and start it, you are greeted with the tradition loading screen.

Once the app has loaded successfully, you to choose if you want to choose Skype or Google Talk or both.

Select your service and press Next to go to the traditional login page

After logging in, Click on Next and it will take you to your contacts list.

You can then test if everything works by calling the ‘fring test call’ contact.

So far, my experience with this app has been pretty good. It even shows you your entire contact list as a part of your skype contacts, EDIT: so that you can call them using GSM service (not SkypeOut like I had previously mentioned). I’ve used the service over wi-fi with my Nokia N91 and the call quality was good and there were no jitters in the sound. But the call volume was quite low and increasing the volume to the max will only increase the volume by a fractional amount. Other than that, this app is definitely a godsend for me.

Nokia has announced a collaboration with skype to build a skype client for the N800 internet tablet. Here is the press release:

Las Vegas, USA - At the CES conference in Las Vegas today, Skype and Nokia announced a collaboration to develop a new mobile Skype(TM) experience on the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet, introduced earlier today.

The collaboration builds on the familiarity and richness of desktop Skype and makes it mobile. The Nokia N800’s small size and easy wireless connectivity frees Skype users from their desktop, allowing Skype conversations to take place anywhere, as long as there is an available wireless Internet connection. Packed with features such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth phone connectivity, hands-free properties, webcam, media support and messenger keyboard, the Nokia N800 makes Skype conversations captivating experience at home, at work and on the move.

“Skype is the recognized leader of Internet communications with over 136 million registered users worldwide,” said Ari Virtanen, Vice President, Convergence Products, Nokia. “Nokia’s new N800 Internet Tablet is designed for mobile Internet. Together, we can develop communications devices beyond expectations.”

“Skype is very happy to be partnering with Nokia,” said Eric Lagier, Director, Business Development, Hardware and Mobile, at Skype. “Working with the leading mobile-handset manufacturer puts us in a unique position to get Skype to the mobile masses.  With the introduction of the Nokia N800, we are positioning Skype as the centerpiece of Internet conversations on this WiFi-centric device. The Nokia N800 is an excellent platform for taking Skype conversations beyond the PC.”

The first implementation on the Nokia N800 is expected to be made available for download by the end of first half of 2007.

I hope that this collaboration extends further beyond the N800 and encompasses the N-series multimedia computers as well. I’m dying to see a fully-functional stand alone skype client for the N91.